Instructor’s guide

Learning outcomes

• Basics of Git/ version control

  • Commits

  • Branches

  • Forks

  • Clones

• Creating repositories

  • Using the web interface

    • Creating repositories on GitHub

    • Record (commit) changes

    • Browse changes

    • Cloning existing repositories

    • Repository insights and settings

  • Using GitHub Desktop

    • Cloning existing repositories

    • Record (commit) changes

    • Browse changes

• Contributing to existing repositories

  • Adding collaborators

  • Creating a pull request

  • How to propose, review, and discuss changes

• Sharing your own work

  • How to get DOIs for projects on GitHub

• How to share websites/homepages using GitHub Pages

Timing

First iteration of this workshop is given as 2 x (almost) 2 hours, one week apart.

Exercise repository for the “contributing” episode

Generate an exercise repository from https://github.com/coderefinery/template-contributing-exercise.